GeneralMelchett

The. only match that ever looked sold out on TV was when Lakeside promoted the free meeting - a few thousand were there - of course most never came back! I will give our old promotoer his due he really tried to promote things!

I know dear old JL used to hate having sky in town as he used to complain that the crowd drop and lack of takings exceeded the payment for the meeting coverage! No idea if its still the same. I personally quite like the highlights they do from the other meeting and have often thought that a match of the day style show would be better particulary if its broadcast a day or so later! Given the fact no one on here seems to truly like the tv meetings maybe thats the way to go. I did watch a meeting on the BSN last week Leicester when they thumped BV and I did feel the production was better etc but again the crowd did look lower to me than it sometimes is from Leicester.

Having watched the main highlights again - what a great night for Danny King - TomB had been a bit of a concern of late too but he rode really well last night too.

Wolves always used to look packed as they only had fans on the home straight. Maybe they should herd a lot of them into the back straight stand - the problem with Ipswich is even a 2-3k crowd can look spread out but last night the crowds looked less than half what it usually is.

Duplication always happens on a mobile device!

One or two good races despite the one sided scoreline - I was at the Leicester win here just a few weeks ago and the difference is a contrast! great ride from Emil that!

Duplication!

Latest Facebook post suggest a full strength Witches!

I think people are just playing silly beggers now - i'd expect Kurtz to be there for sure - however i suspect its better to wait until people don't show, or are confirmed as not riding for whatever reason rather than just (wildly) speculating etc.

Stop Sh1thousing! It might come back to bite yer 😉

Well this debate just took a new twist - good stuff from both Brady and Jason well done both - really good to see Jason looking more like his usual self and also DanB!

Maybe meant the year before 😅 i get confused more easily - I suppose I am saying BV more top heavy than Ipswich for sure this season

Last year I would agree with that - so far in 2025 not so far in my view Even allowing for the fact Thompson rides so well at BP I think a Jasonless Ipswich would have lost by far less on Thursday! I suppose also you need to factor in Ipswich and Leicester generally do well or better at each others tracks than Bv!

Indeed but IF an injury occurred come playoff time that impacted riding in the U.K. / Poland or in the final GPs it might prove more of a dilemma etc for both Brady and the fans - let’s hope that doesn’t happen!

I think it was! Quite probably you still would have lost - but it shows BV up as weak without him, and Bewley aside none of the others (despite working hard in the pits) really showed much fight!

companies house agrees!

He won his first ride which is positive as he’s been a big miss - Kurtz has won his first 3 which is good for BV as he was a big miss last night!

it was actually the other way round it seems my memory is fading - both sides had a history of walloping eachother at their own place as the tracks were so very different! https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5511016.speedway-arena-outclassed-and-humbled/

I seem to recall Arena-Essex doing this on Exeter 75-15 that is!

After the Leicester v Belle Vue I re-watched a 2024 championship match between Scunny and Poole - some fantastic races and racing in that!

I have always felt there will always be some form of speedway in the UK - my old man had a programme from the 1954 world final - in it the then chairman of British speedway wrote a peice about how in the winter all the promoters needed to come together to plot the future of 'our great sport' you would have thought by now some 70 years later they might have cracked it!

I think 3 of the top 4 are guaranteed already and given Leicesters win today I think their top 4 spot is probably now assured - King Lynn will just miss out i reckon.

I think the rise of grassroots football in the UK is perhaps given a clue or two about the feelings towards elite sport. Whilst PL football always seems to sell out matches it seems many 'fans' are drifting away from the elite football to be replaced by tourists. I went to see Liverpool play at Sheff Utd a few years back and was amazed that in an away end of 3000 i reckon 1/3 at least, maybe more! were football tourists and not true Liverpool fans. I went to see my 'real' local football team Hallam FC last season I saw them play 3 times in front of crowds of 700, 1500 and 1550 - the previous time I saw them play was Christmas 2006 i think it was in front of 90 people! I suspect i will never attend a league football match again - mainly due to cost (overpriced bilge mainly) and the fact for me top level football has completely lost its way. Maybe speedway needs a similar moment!? - less can be more! I have been to - not that recently - Scunthorpe always felt it was good racing - maybe the league needs to ditch GP / Polish league riders with too many committments and the Elite divison and work on a better product in the championship.

Some of them will certaily have a bit more cash for something else for sure!

The stars are certainly going in the right direction, wasn't in town so missed it - wish i had been now!